Written by Roy Hay.
National Youth League
Round 11
Southern Division
Friday 12 December 1997
Bentleigh Greens 0 Melbourne Knights 5
(Mathew Govic 2, Daniel Radosevic, Adis Kablar,
Hrvoje Matkovic)
Bulleen Inter 1 VIS 5
(Eyhan Berkan) (Billy Petrovski, Serhat Hulusi,
Ljubo Milicevic, Zoran Petrevski,
Boris Ovcin)
Saturday 13 December 1997
Gippsland Falcons 1 Carlton 0
(Adrian Savage)
Sunday 14 December 1997
South Melbourne Rockets 1 Heidelberg United 1
(Lee Squillaciotti) ()
South Melbourne v Bye
Bye v Altona Magic
Albury Wodonga v Bye
Northern Division
Saturday 13 December 1997
Marconi Fairfield 0 Q A S 3
(Royce Brownlie, Morgan Cawley,
Aaron Thiesfield)
NSWIS 1 Marconi Fairfield Colts 2
(Derek Kane) (M Galluzzo, Mark Haggar)
UTS Olympic Colts 2 Sydney United 2
(Philip Apostalidis, Sam Nizam) ()
ACTAS 0 Newcastle Breakers 0
AIS 6 Wollongong City 1
(Mile Sterjovski 3, Ante Duer, (Paul Tuturevski)
Marco Bresciano, Vic Tomasevic)
(Match postponed from Round One)
Sunday 14 December 1997
UTS Olympic 3 Sydney United Colts 0
(Jim Bakis, Leo Carle, Kevo Gulesserian)
Bye v AIS
Wollongong City v Bye
League Ladders
Southern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
Melbourne Knights 9 7 0 2 36 11 21
Carlton 8 7 0 1 17 3 21
Gippsland Falcons 8 7 0 1 14 5 21
V I S 8 5 0 3 20 12 15
Heidelberg United 8 4 1 3 11 9 13
Bulleen Inter 7 3 1 3 9 12 10
Bentleigh Greens 9 3 1 5 9 17 10
South Melbourne 8 1 2 5 11 16 5
Altona Magic 8 1 2 5 10 24 5
South Melbourne Rockets 7 1 1 5 7 30 4
Albury Wodonga 8 1 0 7 10 15 3
Northern Division
Team P W D L F A Pts
A I S 10 7 2 1 49 10 23
Q A S 11 5 4 2 29 14 19
UTS Olympic 9 6 1 2 27 14 19
Wollongong City 9 5 2 2 22 17 17
A C T A S 10 4 3 3 13 24 15
Marconi Fairfield 9 3 2 4 16 18 11
Newcastle Breakers 8 3 2 3 14 19 11
Marconi Fairfield Colts 9 3 2 4 13 20 11
Sydney United 9 2 4 3 19 21 10
N S W I S 9 2 2 5 14 15 8
UTS Olympic Colts 9 2 1 6 12 29 7
Sydney United Colts 8 0 1 7 1 28 1
Leading goalscorers
Southern Division
Name Team Goals
Jovanco Novacevski Carlton 7
Festim Zekiri Melbourne Knights 7
Northern Division
Name Team Goals
Mile Sterjovski AIS 20
Daniel Watkins NSWIS 7
Marco Bresciano AIS 7
Round 12
Southern Division
Saturday 20 December 1997
Altona Magic v Albury Wodonga (5.30 pm, Paisley Park)
VIS v Heidelberg United (4 pm, Kim Reserve)
Sunday 21 December 1997
South Melbourne Rockets v Gippsland Falcons (5 pm, Bob Jane Stadium)
Melbourne Knights v Bulleen Inter (3.30 pm, Knights Stadium)
Monday 22 December 1997
Carlton v South Melbourne (5.30 pm, Optus Oval)
Bye v Bentleigh Greens
Northern Division
Friday 19 December 1997
Sydney United v Wollongong City (5 pm, Parramatta Stadium)
Newcastle Breakers v UTS Olympic (5 pm, Topper Stadium)
Saturday 20 December 1997
AIS v NSWIS (7 pm, AIS Soccer Fields)
Sunday 21 December 1997
Marconi Fairfield Colts v UTS Olympic Colts (5 pm, Marconi Stadium)
Sydney United Colts v Marconi Fairfield (5.30 pm, Sydney United Sports Stadium)
Bye v ACTAS
QAS v Bye
National Youth League (Southern Division), 12-14 December 1997
by Roy Hay
Carlton suffered its first defeat of the season away to Gippsland Falcons
on Saturday. Adrian Savage scored the only goal nine minutes into the
second half, after a close and tightly fought game. The Falcons have
proved to be a formidable force on their own ground and the win lifts them
to equal top on points with Carlton and Melbourne Knights.
The Melbourne Knights had a comfortable five nil win over Bentleigh Greens
on Friday. The first half saw Adis Kablar climb above the defence, so
high that the ball went in off his shoulder, for the only goal of that
half. Substitute Mathew Govic scored with his second touch in only his
third game for the Knights, then man-of-the-match Daniel Radosevic made it
three, before Govic scored again. The final goal was a beauty as Hrvoje
Matkovic ran on to a low cross from Mijo Trupkovic.
The Victorian Institute of Sport had a five-one away win over Bulleen
Inter, which came at great cost with injuries to Billy Petrovski, Mustafa
Mustafa and Joey Di Iorio. Petrovski opened the scoring for the VIS, but
Bulleen equalised five minutes later, then defender Serhat Hulusi came up
to score again for the VIS. Not to be outdone his fellow stopper Ljubo
Milicevic came up to put away a header and striker Zoran Petrevski got the
next one, before Boris Ovcin scored the last goal. Young Naum Sekulovski
, one of the latest additions to the VIS squad seems like a terrific
prospect.
South Melbourne Rockets and Heidelberg United drew one-all at Bob Jane Stadium.
National Youth League (Northern Division), 13-14 December 1997
Queensland Academy of Sport defeated Marconi Fairfield by three goals to
nil on Saturday. After a scoreless and even first half, Royce Brownlie
opened for the QAS in 58 minutes and Morgan Cawley and Aaron Thiesfield
scored two quick goals in 62 and 65 minutes to settle the result.
Marconi Fairfield Colts took the lead against the NSW Institute of Sport
through M Galluzzo in 38 minutes and eventually won by two goals to one.
Mark Haggar scored just after the hour but a goal in the last minute by
Derek Kane gave the Institute some reward for their contribution to an
excellent game.
The ACT Academy of Sport and Newcastle Breakers could not be separated
after ninety minutes of soccer and the game ended goal-less, though both
sides had numerous shots on goal.
UTS Olympic Colts and Sydney United drew two-all with goals for Olympic by
Philip Apostalidis and Sam Nizam.
UTS Olympic then overcame Sydney United Colts by three goals to nil. Jim
Bakis put Olympic ahead early and Leo Carle scored from the spot early in
the second half. Kevo Gulesserian completed the scoring for Olympic in 81
minutes.
In a postponed Round One match the AIS defeated Wollongong City by six
goals to one. Mile Sterjovski collected another hat-trick, after Paul
Tuturevski had put Wollongong ahead in four minutes. Ante Duer equalised,
then Mark Bresciano gave the AIS a two-one lead before the first two of
Sterjovski's goals. Vic Tomasevic got one just after the break and
Sterjovski finished the scoring in 82 minutes.